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Flown cover carried on the First U.S. to Europe "Catapult" Flight from the French Line passenger steamer "S.S. Ile de France", August 17-23, 1928, thus "Shortening the Atlantic Bridge by Twenty-Four Hours". (AAMC CAT 2)

The Cooper Collection of Aerial Postal History

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